John Van Dyke

John Van Dyke was an American Christian right activist.

Biography
John Van Dyke was a member of the social conservative Christian right movement, and he was brought to the White House in 1999 alongside Al Caldwell and Mary Marsh to discuss repayment for White House employee Josh Lyman's supposed insult towards Christianity during a debate with Marsh. Van Dyke said that, instead of the First Amendment, President Josiah Bartlet should make the Sunday Morning Radio Address about the First Commandment, which he incorrectly identified as "Love thy Father"; he was later corrected by President Bartlet as he entered the room.